ADD - ADHD Treatment with Neurofeedback

THE DUBIN CLINIC | LOS ANGELES, CA

Common features of ADHD include impulsivity, distractibility, beginning tasks but not finishing them, lack of organization and oppositional defiance disorder. These features are more common in boys and hard to miss. ADD—attention deficit without hyperactivity is more common in girls. Because ADD often presents as a dreamy, “spaced out” state, it is far easier to miss ADD in girls.

There are also positive features of ADD/HD that are often not appreciated: the ability to think “outside the box”, creativity, youthfulness, and a lot of energy. A significant percentage of successful entrepreneurs have ADD/HD.

Our Direct Neurofeedback clients often report increased clarity, less distractibility, and better organization. Overall there appears to be less of a struggle. Multiple studies, including double blind studies, have demonstrated the efficacy of neurofeedback for ADD/ADHD.

Neurofeedback and ADD/HD

If you decide to have sessions of Direct Neurofeedback, a practitioner will first take a detailed history. Based on that, the practitioner will put sensors at various sites on your scalp. Extremely weak signals are produced by the Direct Neurofeedback® system. Because the signal is so weak, these radio frequencies are not thought to “stimulate” the brain as much as “disrupt” frozen patterns. This process takes very little time.

“EEG biofeedback, in the long term management of ADHD providing a sustained effect even without stimulant treatment… Parents interested in non-psychopharmacologic treatment can pursue the use of complementary and alternative therapy. The therapy most promising by recent clinical trials appears to be EEG biofeedback.”

Katie Campbell Daley, M.D.Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and in the Department of Pediatrics of the Harvard Medical School

Studies Regarding ADD Drugs

Published in New York Times on January 28, 2012, L. Alan Sroufe writes a very informative article entitled “Ritalin Gone Wrong” about the short and long-term benefits of ADD medications and the potential long-term effects of using these medications. You can download the article in PDF file format below.